Elections to the European Parliament were held in Belgium on 10 June 1979. The Dutch-speaking electoral college elected 13 MEPs and the French-speaking electoral college elected 11 MEPs.
1979 European Parliament election in Belgium
Party Votes % Seats French-speaking electoral college Socialist Party 575,824 27.43 4 Christian Social Party 445,912 21.24 3 Democratic Front of Francophones –Walloon Rally 414,603 19.75 2 Liberal Reformist Party 372,904 17.76 2 Ecolo 107,833 5.14 0 Communist Party of Belgium 106,023 5.05 0 Unity List of the New Left 22,187 1.06 0 Walloon Liberal Party–European Liberal Party 17,566 0.84 0 Belgian Progressive Party 9,704 0.46 0 All Power to the Workers 8,821 0.42 0 United Feminist Party 7,273 0.35 0 Revolutionary Workers' League 6,209 0.30 0 European Workers' Party 4,617 0.22 0 Total 2,099,476 100.00 11 Dutch-speaking electoral college Christian People's Party 1,607,941 48.09 7 Flemish Socialist Party 698,889 20.90 3 Party for Freedom and Progress 512,363 15.32 2 People's Union 324,540 9.71 1 Agalev 77,986 2.33 0 Communist Party of Belgium 39,773 1.19 0 All Power to the Workers 36,602 1.09 – Flemish People's Party 34,706 1.04 – Revolutionary Workers' League 10,702 0.32 – Total 3,343,502 100.00 13 Valid votes 5,442,978 87.61 Invalid/blank votes 769,753 12.39 Total votes 6,212,731 100.00 Registered voters/turnout 6,800,584 91.36 Source: Belgian Elections